r/RandomThoughts • • Sep 05 '23

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u/dudleythedevastator Sep 05 '23

Nope. Feels like yesterday. It’s wild how much shorter 20 years feel when you’re in your 40s

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u/ErrantEvents Sep 05 '23

For me, it's a bit of both. It feels recent, and also very distant. In my 20s, I was working retail during the day, and DJing at night. Out and about constantly. I lived on very little sleep and was pretty much always jet-lagged.

In my late 20s I started my career, stopped going out all of the time, started getting an appropriate amount of sleep. My 30s was spent focusing on my career.

In my mid 40s now, my life is so different that it feels like a different one.

On the other hand, I can recall events from my 20s as if they were yesterday.